diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index d38cd0c1ff..c75bbf95b4 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ $messages[5] = __('Category not updated.');
 endif; ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
-<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -145,12 +145,14 @@ endif; ?>
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('category') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 	<h2><?php printf( current_user_can('manage_categories') ? __('Categories (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)') : __('Manage Tags'), '#addcat' ); ?></h2>
 
 <br class="clear" />
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
@@ -198,8 +200,6 @@ cat_rows(0, 0, 0, $pagenum, $catsperpage);
 	</tbody>
 </table>
 
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
-
 </form>
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
index d73f9b0efb..29fcbb1076 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ endif; ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
-
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -86,12 +85,14 @@ endif; ?>
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('link-category') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 	<h2><?php printf( current_user_can('manage_categories') ? __('Link Categories (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)') : __('Manage Tags'), '#addcat' ); ?></h2>
 
 <br class="clear" />
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
@@ -155,8 +156,6 @@ if ( $categories ) {
 	</tbody>
 </table>
 
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
-
 </form>
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index 890bdcabbc..a4f641a24f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 require_once('admin.php');
 
 // Handle bulk deletes
-if ( isset($_GET['action']) && isset($_GET['delete']) ) {
+if ( isset($_GET['action']) && isset($_GET['post']) && isset($_GET['doaction']) ) {
 	check_admin_referer('bulk-pages');
 	if ( $_GET['action'] == 'delete' ) {
-		foreach( (array) $_GET['delete'] as $post_id_del ) {
+		foreach( (array) $_GET['post'] as $post_id_del ) {
 			$post_del = & get_post($post_id_del);
 
 			if ( !current_user_can('delete_page', $post_id_del) )
@@ -86,8 +86,7 @@ require_once('admin-header.php');
 </form>
 
 <div class="wrap">
-<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
-
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -98,7 +97,8 @@ require_once('admin-header.php');
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('page') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 <h2><?php
 // Use $_GET instead of is_ since they can override each other
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['author']) && $_GET['author'] ) {
 printf( _c( '%1$s%2$s%3$s (<a href="%4$s">Add New</a>)|You can reorder these: 1: Pages, 2: by {s}, 3: matching {s}' ), $post_status_label, $h2_author, $h2_search, 'page-new.php' );
 ?></h2>
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <ul class="subsubsub">
 <?php
 
@@ -139,8 +140,8 @@ unset($status_links);
 
 <?php if ( isset($_GET['post_status'] ) ) : ?>
 <input type="hidden" name="post_status" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($_GET['post_status']) ?>" />
-<?php
-endif;
+<?php endif;
+
 if ( isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'] ) : $_GET['posted'] = (int) $_GET['posted']; ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Your page has been saved.'); ?></strong> <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View page'); ?></a> | <a href="<?php echo get_edit_post_link( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('Edit page'); ?></a></p></div>
 <?php $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = remove_query_arg(array('posted'), $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 
 <div class="alignleft">
 <select name="action">
-<option value="" selected><?php _e('Actions'); ?></option>
+<option value="-1" selected><?php _e('Actions'); ?></option>
 <option value="edit"><?php _e('Edit'); ?></option>
 <option value="delete"><?php _e('Delete'); ?></option>
 </select>
@@ -200,9 +201,6 @@ if ($posts) {
   <?php page_rows($posts, $pagenum, $per_page); ?>
   </tbody>
 </table>
-
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
-
 </form>
 
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index 1c56384c70..4cae46e1e9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ endif; ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
-
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -152,12 +151,14 @@ endif; ?>
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('tag') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 	<h2><?php printf( current_user_can('manage_categories') ? __('Tags (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)') : __('Manage Tags'), '#addtag' ); ?></h2>
 
 <br class="clear" />
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <?php
@@ -207,7 +208,7 @@ $count = tag_rows( $pagenum, $tagsperpage, $searchterms );
 ?>
 	</tbody>
 </table>
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+
 </form>
 
 <div class="tablenav">
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index c23f5d870e..fe8614b0ab 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 require_once('admin.php');
 
 // Handle bulk actions
-if ( !empty($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] != 'Actions' ) {
+if ( isset($_GET['action']) && $_GET['action'] != -1 && isset($_GET['doaction']) ) {
 	switch ( $_GET['action'] ) {
 		case 'delete':
 			if ( isset($_GET['post']) ) {
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ else
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
-
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -93,7 +92,8 @@ else
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('post') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 <h2><?php
 if ( is_single() ) {
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ if ( is_single() ) {
 }
 ?></h2>
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <ul class="subsubsub">
 <?php
 $status_links = array();
@@ -153,8 +154,7 @@ unset( $status_links );
 
 <?php if ( isset($_GET['post_status'] ) ) : ?>
 <input type="hidden" name="post_status" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($_GET['post_status']) ?>" />
-<?php
-endif;
+<?php endif;
 
 if ( isset($_GET['posted']) && $_GET['posted'] ) : $_GET['posted'] = (int) $_GET['posted']; ?>
 <div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong><?php _e('Your post has been saved.'); ?></strong> <a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('View post'); ?></a> | <a href="<?php echo get_edit_post_link( $_GET['posted'] ); ?>"><?php _e('Edit post'); ?></a></p></div>
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 
 <div class="alignleft">
 <select name="action">
-<option value="" selected="selected"><?php _e('Actions'); ?></option>
+<option value="-1" selected="selected"><?php _e('Actions'); ?></option>
 <option value="edit"><?php _e('Edit'); ?></option>
 <option value="delete"><?php _e('Delete'); ?></option>
 </select>
@@ -241,8 +241,6 @@ do_action('restrict_manage_posts');
 
 <?php include( 'edit-post-rows.php' ); ?>
 
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
-
 </form>
 
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index 4e22382de1..a2eaf4eebc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 require_once ('admin.php');
 
 // Handle bulk deletes
-if ( isset($_GET['action']) && isset($_GET['linkcheck']) ) {
+if ( isset($_GET['action']) && isset($_GET['linkcheck']) && isset($_GET['doaction']) ) {
 	check_admin_referer('bulk-bookmarks');
 
 	if ( ! current_user_can('manage_links') )
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) {
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<form id="links-filter" action="" method="get">
-
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -106,12 +105,14 @@ if ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) {
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('link') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 <h2><?php printf( __('Links (<a href="%s">Add New</a>)' ), 'link-add.php' ); ?></h2>
 
 <br class="clear" />
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <div class="alignleft">
@@ -256,7 +257,7 @@ if ( $links ) {
 <?php } else { ?>
 <p><?php _e('No links found.') ?></p>
 <?php } ?>
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+
 </form>
 
 <div id="ajax-response"></div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index 72ada70f8a..1d05cdb491 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['find_detached'] ) ) {
 
 	$_GET['detached'] = 1;
 
-} elseif ( isset($_GET['action']) && isset($_GET['media']) ) {
+} elseif ( isset($_GET['action']) && isset($_GET['media']) && isset($_GET['doaction']) ) {
 	check_admin_referer('bulk-media');
 	if ( $_GET['action'] == 'delete' ) {
 		foreach( (array) $_GET['media'] as $post_id_del ) {
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ require_once('admin-header.php'); ?>
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
-<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
-
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -159,7 +158,8 @@ require_once('admin-header.php'); ?>
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('media') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 <h2><?php
 if ( isset($_GET['detached']) ) {
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['detached']) ) {
 }
 ?></h2>
 
+<form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 <ul class="subsubsub">
 <?php
 $type_links = array();
@@ -317,7 +318,6 @@ foreach ($arc_result as $arc_row) {
 </div>
 
 <br class="clear" />
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
 
 <?php if ( isset($orphans) ) { ?>
 <table class="widefat">
diff --git a/wp-admin/users.php b/wp-admin/users.php
index 75c5df6d22..ec35962e1b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/users.php
+++ b/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ if ( ! empty($messages) ) {
 
 <div class="wrap">
 
+<form id="adv-settings" action="" method="get">
 <div id="show-settings"><a href="#edit_settings" id="show-settings-link" class="hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Advanced Options') ?></a>
 <a href="#edit_settings" id="hide-settings-link" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Hide Options') ?></a></div>
 
@@ -272,7 +273,8 @@ if ( ! empty($messages) ) {
 <?php manage_columns_prefs('user') ?>
 <br class="clear" />
 </div></div>
-</div>
+<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+</div></form>
 
 <form id="posts-filter" action="" method="get">
 	<?php if ( $wp_user_search->is_search() ) : ?>
@@ -390,7 +392,7 @@ foreach ( $wp_user_search->get_results() as $userid ) {
 </div>
 
 <?php endif; ?>
-<?php wp_nonce_field( 'hiddencolumns', 'hiddencolumnsnonce', false ); ?>
+
 </form>
 </div>